ASK & DISCUSS INDEX

8 years, 9 months ago - Jonnie Dean Peace

Hi Gary, I run my own business called Billion Bites, Would you be interested in investing in a feature film?
The film will be shot on a very low budget next year, I have the film equipment for the production under my business.

I am happy to send you an outline if you're interested and have a meetup, I am South East London based.
I also Direct Short Films as well. You can find my work at www.billionbites.co.uk

Best,
Jonnie

8 years, 9 months ago - Emmeline Hartley

Hi Gary,

I have no idea how to answer your question but I'd be interested to know if you manage to find anywhere that can facilitate this as I have a couple of short film scripts I'd like to pitch.

Em

8 years, 9 months ago - Gary Braun

Am interested in seeing your short fillms,please write to me in PM
Braun.gary@gmail.com

8 years, 9 months ago - Brian McGleenon

Hi Gary. We have the rights to a Stephen King short Story called L.T.'s Theory of Pets. Pre-production stage at present, with celebrity main lead in position and have been making the target audience aware of the project over the last few months... Maybe you'd like to see the trailer and poster art... and further details. Thanks : )

8 years, 9 months ago - Georgina Periam

Hi Gary,

We have a short film and a pilot script that we are looking to pitch - let me know if you might be interested in hearing more. London based and looking to start production in the new year. Thanks, Georgina.

8 years, 9 months ago - NICHOLAS PROSSER

Hi Gary,
I am a very experienced broadcast television drama director with additional producer credits on broadcast serials, as well as documentary and work in the corporate sector. Nowadays I am focusing on seeking collaboration to produce and fund a collection of short films I have myself written and that I should like to direct. Please contact me direct on e-mail nicholas.prosser@gmail.com

8 years, 9 months ago - Nick Hilton

Hi Gary,

I run a filmmaking collaboration and networking group and I'm sure there are lots of people in the group working on projects who would be extremely grateful for your partial or complete investment. If you'd be interested in me emailing our mailing list, just drop me a line to nick@theclapperbored.com and I'll pass it on!

Best,
Nick

8 years, 9 months ago - Jane Sanger

Hi Gary, I am an award winning shorts director with my own production company. I am looking to complete a third film in a trio about modern slavery which are linked to a charity who will use them but I also have a selection of other drama shorts on slate. Please look at www.luminofilms.co.uk/current-projects. My short films always have a social message . I am very pleased to offer investors a part in. The production in exchange such as a crew or cast position if required. I am based in the south east just outside London.

8 years, 9 months ago - ben richards

Hi
I pitched on kickstarter but never get anyone looking so going more direct with pitches now so if you are interested then i have many projects. for example
I have a documentary on the science of Meditation on a hard drive that needs some funds to edit plus a short "musical" ready to shoot. www.animuspictures.co.uk would love to hear from you. comedyben@yahoo.co.uk

8 years, 8 months ago - Gary Braun

Thank You,Ben Richards,for your message.Am not in the UK now,when I will return will contact you.Apologies.

8 years, 8 months ago - Gary Braun

Thank you,Jane Sanger,for writing to me.Will contact you upon my return.

8 years, 8 months ago - Gary Braun

Would like to explain myself better in order to receive more concrete results.
Am a semi retired business who discovered film making a few years ago.I fell in love with the process of film making.
I followed differend film making courses,film editing,purchased professional cinema equipment,etc..
I am interesting in physically participating in the creation of film making preferably in documentary films.
Have a partner who is a film editor, creates music and we have equipment.
Therefore it is not about my name to be written on the film as producer,but to participate in the process of filming.
It is also not about Indiegogo,or Kickstarter.

8 years, 8 months ago - John Lubran

Hi Gary

You've been coresponding with this list on and off for a while now. For those of us who have followed and remember your journey I imagine we have some insight as to where you're coming from. What I would say is that for every film project there are unique elements, not just with the story, whether it be factual or fiction, but also with the people and physical stratagies in place. The aspirations driving a project are central. Is the project intended to be financially viable? Is the project intended to have an audience beyond friends and family or the incestuous limitations of the film festival arena? Is it a game, a hobby, a training exercise or serious attempt at a sustainable and professionally credible production?

It seems unnecessarily limiting for you to discount crowd funding business models. Indeed if you were able to partner with people with well formed projects and who also actually know what they're doing then your modest contribution at an early phase might act as a force multiplier greatly magnifying your role. £3,000 is not usually comensurate with seriously viable projects, though it wouldn't be the first time anyone had a success from no budget. Where £3,000 can be a force multiplier is towards creating an effective crowd funding campaign. Crowd funding is not limited to Kickstarter type platforms and indeed the most successful crowd funding has not relied upon the usual culprits . Factual projects that strike a chord with funders not interestef in making money or being meaninglessly associated with low budget or trite movies, is much more likely to attract large scale support. Equipment is no longer the issue when a broadcast standard 4K production and post production facility can be created and owned for as little as £4,000; (that's not a joke ) it's the quality of ideas, craft skills and creative enterprise that matter. Relationships stemming from cultural and idealogical compatabilities are more likely to contribute to successful outcomes than modest resources. Nevertheless modest resources appropriately sourced at an early phase may have a value disproportionate to scale and allow for an enhanced role for an early contributor. More opportunities are likely to emerge from an open mind than from projecting presumptions.

8 years, 8 months ago - Gary Braun

My intention is clearly to make professionally credible production.
I hope this answers your question.

8 years, 8 months ago - John Lubran

Thanks for that Gary. Your reply does add further clarity, though I suspect not quite as intended. Wishing you all the very best of success.

8 years, 8 months ago - Youssouph Bathily

Hi Gary
i am directing a feature film titled: " Goodwill & Karma". I am directing a upcoming feature film which i thought you would be a fond of. It's the story of Joseph 25 who takes a a risk by quitting his 9 to 5 job to chase his dreams . However things won't go as planned as Karma strikes. A tragic event will occur to change Joseph's life forever.

I have had great feedback from potential cast that are willing to be part of this exciting project. therefore i need your help to make it happen.

i look forward to hear from you

8 years, 8 months ago - Mark Owen

Hi Gary. All sounds great. Please let me know if I can help at all. Best, Mark

8 years, 8 months ago - Glyn Carter

Hi Gary - are you a UK income tax payer (or your wife? Or indeed another family member?)?

If yes, I have a mainstream ghost story in development, with a high-quality script. It's being produced through an SEIS-approved SPV. If eligible, you could turn your £3k "pot" into a £6k investment, with a decent chance of getting a return and profit (which you're unlikely to get with a short film). I understand that you want to be involved in the production process. Please contact me glyn@storiesintolight.co.uk

8 years, 8 months ago - Kasper Zak

Hi Gary,

well I would certainly love to show you a couple of ideas if I may perhaps and if you are still looking?

Many thanks

Kasper Zak

8 years, 7 months ago - Phil Rochester

Hi Gary we have a number of projects you and your partner could be actively involved in. Please see our website and email me on phil@talkinglens.co.uk.

8 years, 7 months ago - NICHOLAS PROSSER

Hi Gary,
I am a very experienced broadcast television drama director with additional producer credits on broadcast serials, as well as documentary and work in the corporate sector. Nowadays I am focusing on seeking collaboration to produce and fund a collection of short films I have myself written and that I should like to direct. Please contact me direct on e-mail nicholas.prosser@gmail.com

8 years, 7 months ago - Alice Charles

I am a freelance scriptwriter whose work has been optioned by various companies including the BBC. I have several award-worthy short scripts I am looking to get made and have a director attached. I am happy to send you examples of my work. You can contact me on alicemcharles@gmail.com

8 years, 7 months ago - Len evans

Hi Gary, we are producing 3 docs and short films. please get in touch lenevans1000@aol.com. Mob:07957 887198
www.populuspictures.org

8 years, 7 months ago - Jane Sanger

Gary, I think you have asked this question several times on here and a lot of people initially answered including myself but you did not follow through. There are hundreds of us who would love your investment and I still would . But you never said whether you read my pitch of did or did not like it. It would be much appreciated if you wrote on here why you rejected the projects that were put forward and what exactly you are looking for. I.e. I am looking for: specify genre, no of actors , location for drama, subject matter for docs etc. This would help the shooters who apply. As for other sites this is the best one! I have around 13 dramas and docs in preproduction, I am sure I have something to suit and keen to include you as crew, email me on info@luminofilms.co.uk

8 years, 7 months ago - Leo Mumford

Take a look at my work www.leodop.com and if you like it, I can show you a 3 min shirt film so that you can get to know the kind of things I like to make and if they match up with your taste or interests.

Thanks,
Leo Mumford.

8 years, 7 months ago - Gregory Fishwick

Hi Gary,
I have a short period horror with a director attached that we're about to start fundraising for (we've already shot a teaser trailer). Would you be interested?

8 years, 7 months ago - Claudette FLINT

If you are not inundated with propositions, I have one: A good story and a good director. My site on ShootingPeople is
https://shootingpeople.org/cards/Claudette and the director who had a short film from an Hitchcock's unused script at the Cannes Festival and she was involved in the Ramsgate film festival:Sylvie Bolioli
POLARIS Productions Ltd
email: sylvie.bolioli@polarisproductions.net
www.insanitydefensethemovie.com
www.polarisproductions.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sylvie.bolioli
Twitter: @sylvie_bolioli
Tel: +44 (0) 7970 542 968

If you are interested, I can send you the script.

8 years, 6 months ago - Andreas Küng

Hi Gary, my project, a short film noir in the classic style, is about a very conflicting and not-spoken-about theme in Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe – suicide. I am still looking for a little bit of financial backing to be able to shoot it on an original location in a small town Switzerland. If the theme or style attracts you, I can send you the script (which is, according to the genre, in english). Best, Andreas (andreas.kueng@gmail.com)